Edge cache static asset optimization

ABSTRACT

Systems and techniques for edge cache static asset optimization are described herein. A set of tracking instructions may be generated for execution at an edge cache server of the content delivery system. A static asset may be identified that is included in a webpage delivery session. A type may be determined for the static asset. The static asset may be grouped with a set of other static assets based on the type. The webpage request may be processed by processing the static asset. The set of tracking instructions may be transmitted to an edge cache server for storage in an edge cache of an edge network.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.16/664,251, filed Oct. 25, 2019, which claims the benefit of priority toU.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/869,717, filed Jul. 2, 2019,which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments described herein generally relate to caching web content atan edge network and, in some embodiments, more specifically to staticasset content optimization in an edge network cache.

BACKGROUND

Webpage content may be provided by a webserver. Webpage visitors mayaccess the web content from around the world. Caching webpage content onedge servers closer to the visitors, such as at a content deliverynetwork (CDN), may increase the speed of rendering webpages and mayreduce the processing cost of serving webpages by reducing the load onthe webserver and reducing the distance or the number of networkhops/routers that the content traverses. However, a webpage may includea variety of static assets (e.g., images, text, multimedia, JAVASCRIPT®,cascading style sheets (CSS), etc.) or static asset references that maybe called and downloaded. Reloading the static assets multiple times mayslow page rendering and delivery. The order in which static assets (orreferences to static assets) are presented in a webpage and processedmay also have an impact of actual or perceived page load time for auser.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like numeralsmay describe similar components in different views. Like numerals havingdifferent letter suffixes may represent different instances of similarcomponents. The drawings illustrate generally, by way of example, butnot by way of limitation, various embodiments discussed in the presentdocument.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an example of an environment and a systemfor edge cache static asset optimization, according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 illustrates a flow diagram of an example of a process for staticasset deduplication for edge cache static asset optimization, accordingto an embodiment.

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow diagram of an example of a process for staticasset re-ordering for edge cache static asset optimization, according toan embodiment.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a method for edge cache static assetoptimization, according to an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a machine uponwhich one or more embodiments may be implemented.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As used herein, a static asset is a webpage component that does notreadily change such as, by way of example and not limitation, aJAVASCRIPT® component, a cascading style sheet (CSS) component, images,etc. For best user experiences, it is beneficial to serve webpages to auser and have them render within a web browser as fast as possible. Awebpage may have a large number of content fragments per page. Each ofthese content fragments may be served by the same component respondingwith static assets that may be processed independently of othercomponents on the page. This decouples components from one another, butthis independence may duplicate assets for components that show up on awebpage more than once, especially when cached separately at a contentdelivery network (CDN).

There are rules that are followed by all browsers, based on the content,order, and resulting network request(s) given different HTML constructsand their order when presented to a user's browser. A number of theseconstructs that are supported are “blocking” resources that halt thebrowser in whatever it was doing and “resume” when theresource/construct has “finished.” For optimal browser renderperformance (often referred to as “perceived page performance”) allscript tags (e.g., JAVASCRIPT® tags, etc.) should be placed below thepage hypertext markup language (HTML) content, and all style tags (e.g.,CSS tags, etc.) for content in the “above the fold” portion of the pageshould be at the top, with all other (below-the-fold) style tags at thebottom with the script tags. This may be best implemented in two steps.First, moving style tags up, into the head and moving script tags downafter the HTML content. The first step may provide significantperformance improvement. Second, prioritizing the style tags and HTMLthat is considered “above the fold” and moving the rest of the styletags down the page, with the script tags. The second step may provide amodest additional performance improvement.

Static Asset Deduplication

Without deduplication of assets, the content fragments would instructthe browser to load in and parse identical static assets. Each contentfragment of a webpage may contain embedded components, each having theirown set of assets. Removing duplicate static assets improves browserperformance as these instructions generally block processing untilassets are downloaded and parsed. Processing instructions to load assetsthat have already been loaded may block all parallel processing as theassets are reparsed and reprocessed and may result in no changes to thestate of the rendered page.

There are conventional techniques for removing unnecessary staticassets. However, the traditional techniques do not strip duplicateinstructions to load static assets to prevent them from reaching therequestor and the content delivery network (CDN). This limitscacheability because the components may not be loaded with correspondingstatic assets. In addition, the conventional techniques may need toprecompute page-specific asset bundles requiring knowledge of othercomponent on a page that use the same static assets.

The systems and techniques described herein provide a number of benefitsover conventional static asset deduplication techniques. Duplicateinstructions to load static assets are re-formulated preventing themfrom reaching the requestor from the CDN. This improves cacheability aseach component is rendered with its corresponding assets. The need toprecompute page-specific asset bundles is also removed which allows forcohesive, modular components of a page to be processed and cachedwithout knowledge of other components on the page that may use the sameassets. Additionally, with the present techniques, static assets may bere-organized at the CDN to reorder the location in which the assets areloaded and parsed within a webpage. This improves browser performance assome types of assets include instructions generally that blockprocessing until assets are parsed and rendered.

An example of a parent fragment may include:

TABLE 1 <esi:assign name=″ASSETS″ value=″{}″ /> <esi:eval src=″/root″dca=″esi″ />

An example of content that contains instructions to load a stylecomponent included within /root:

TABLE 2 ... <esi:text>  <esi:choose> <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′123456789′}) != ′true′′′> <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′123456789′}″ value=′′′true′′′ /> <link rel=″stylesheet″href=″https://www.webpage.com/style.css″ /> </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> ...

Static Asset Placement Optimization

A single product owner and engineering team may build an entire page(e.g., everything between a global header and footer). As such, staticasset placement optimization may be done by separate engineering teamsfor each page individually. However, engineering teams may buildrelatively small components that may be slotted into a page via a pagelayout. They may only optimize static asset placement within theirmicro-view on the page within the HTML. Static asset placement may beoptimized across an entire page.

In order to maintain cache-ability and performance of the page and pagefragments at the edge, static asset references are moved to the top andbottom of the HTML markup as appropriate. In an example, the movementmay be facilitated thorough the static asset placement instructionsprovided in ESIs to the edge cache server. The HTML responses fromcomponents are parsed and the script assets and asset references, styleasset references, and HTML are organized into their own variables (e.g.,ESI variables, etc.). The instructions are executed at the end of theprocess to read from these variables and place the script assets andasset references, and style asset references in their optimal locationsrelative to the rest of the HTML. It should be noted that maintainingorder of the script assets and asset references, and style assetreferences is critical to maintaining proper page rendering.

A set of static asset placement instructions may be generated forexecution at an edge cache server. The set of static asset placementinstructions may include rules for re-sequencing code contained in arequested webpage. In an example, the set of static asset placementinstructions are generated as a set of edge-side include instructions.

Webpage code may be parsed to identify a set of code feature types. Inan example, the set of code feature types may include a first codefeature type, a second code feature type, and a third code feature type.In an example, the first code feature type is JAVASCRIPT® code, thesecond code feature type is cascading style sheet code, and the thirdcode feature type is hypertext markup language code. Other types of codeor data may also be analyzed.

A processing order may be determined for the set of code feature types.For example, the ordering may be determined based on rules as indicatedbelow in Table 3. The edge cache server may then process code featuretypes of the set of code feature types in the order of the reorganizedwebpage code. In an example, the determination of the processing ordermay include processing the second code feature type first, the firstcode feature type last, and the third code feature type after the secondcode feature type and before the first code feature type.

TABLE 3 Construct/Resource Type Optimizable CSS (<link Optimizable bymoving all <link> rel=″stylesheet″ />) tags into the <head> for all″above the fold″ content (for best results) Javascript (<scriptOptimizable by moving all <script src> src=″http://..″></script>) tagsto JUST BEFORE the </body> tag, without changing order Javascript(<script>// Optimizable by moving all <script> Code here</script>) tagsto JUST BEFORE the </body> tag, without changing order

An example of a parent page fragment that has been wrapped ininstructions follows:

TABLE 4 <!DOCTYPE HTML> <!-- PRE-HEAD COMMENT --> <html lang=″en-US″><head>   <title>Web Page: Optimized</title>  <script>console.log(″INHEAD TAG″);</script>  <link href=″css/inHeadTag.css″ /> </head> <body>  <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF BODY″);</script>   <linkhref=″css/topOfBody.css″ />   <div>Bears</div>   <script>console.log(″ATBOTTOM OF BODY″);</script>   <link href=css/bottomOfBody.css/>  <esi:include src=″ /edge/organize/child?id=67890&optimizeStaticAssests=true″ dca=″esi″ onerror=″continue″setheader=″referer: $html_encode($(PUBLIC_REQUEST_URL|′ ′))″ ttl=″12h″/> </body><!-- POST BODY COMMENTS -->

An example of a child fragment with rendered output of a static assetafter the edge cache server using the set of asset placementinstructions has resolved the embedded static asset and place anotherinstruction to callback for the static asset follows:

TABLE 5 <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF CHILD″);</script> <linkhref=″css/topOfChild.css″ /> <div>Beets</div> <esi:include src=″/edge/organize/leaf?id=67890&optimizeStaticAssets=true″ dca=″esi″onerror=″continue″ ttl=″12h″ /> <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFCHILD″);</script> <link href=css/bottomOfChild.css/>

An example of a leaf fragment that is rendered output of an embeddedstatic asset follows:

TABLE 6 <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF LEAF″);</script><linkhref=″css/topOfLeaf. css″ /><div>BattlestarGalactica</div><script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF LEAF″);</script><linkhref=css/bottomOfLeaf.css />

An example of an unoptimized response to a webpage request:

TABLE 7 <!DOCTYPE HTML> <!-- PRE-HEAD COMMENT --> <html lang=″en-US″><head> <title>Webpage: Unoptimized</title> <script>console.log(″IN HEADTAG″);</script> <link href=″css/inHeadTag.css″ /> </head> <body><script>console.log(″AT TOP OF BODY″);</script> <linkhref=″css/topOfBody.css″ /> <div>Bears</div> <script>console.log(″ATBOTTOM OF BODY″);</script> <link href=css/bottomOfBody.css/><script>console.log(″AT TOP OF CHILD″);</script> <linkhref=″css/topOfChild.css″ /> <div>Beets</div> <script>console.log(″ATTOP OF LEAF″);</script> <link href=″css/topOfLeaf.css″ /><div>Battlestar Galactica</div> <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFLEAF″); </script><link href=css/bottomOfLeaf.css /><script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF CHILD″);</script> <linkhref=css/bottomOfChild.css/> </body> <!-- POST BODY COMMENT -->

An example of an optimized response to a webpage request:

TABLE 8 <!DOCTYPE HTML> <!-- PRE-HEAD COMMENT --> <html lang=″en-US″><head> <title>Webpage: Optimized</title> <link href=″css/inHeadTag.css″/> </head> <body> <link href=″css/topOfBody.css″ /> <linkhref=css/bottomOfBody.css /> <link href=″css/topOfChild.css″ /> <linkhref=″css/topOfLeaf.css″ /> <link href=css/bottomOfLeaf.css /> <linkhref=css/bottomOfChild.css /> <div>Bears</div> <div>Beets</div><div>Battlestar Galactica</div> <script>console.log(″IN HEADTAG″);</script> <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF BODY″);</script><script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF BODY″);</script><script>console.log(″AT TOP OF CHILD″);</script> <script>console.log(″ATTOP OF LEAF″);</script> <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFLEAF″);</script> <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF CHILD″);</script></body> <!-- POST BODY COMMENT -->

Below is a root fragment instruction (e.g., ESI instruction) that may bereturned to the edge server to execute (this is often referred to as the“public uniform resource locator (URL)” response). Variables are definedthat are initially empty that will get gradually filled in with thescript assets and asset references, style asset references, and HTMLmarkup as the edge server processes the entire session (e.g., requestfrom the browser to response to the browser). The EDGE_PRE variable isfor everything prior to and including the <body> tag. EDGE_POST is forthe <body> tag and everything following. Then the values of thesevariables are placed in the correct (optimized) order. The basepage isstitched with an esi:eval rather than esi:include in order to block toensure all the variables are completely populated before being read.Note that there is no rendered content in this fragment, so it may becached at the edge for a very long time.

TABLE 9 <esi:assign name=″EDGE_PRE″ value=″″″ /> <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″″″ /> <esi:asssign name=″EDGE_HTML″ value=″″″ /><esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″″″ /> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_POST″value=″″″ /> <esi:eval src=″/edge/organize/basepage?deviceClass=$(CBA_DEVICE_CLASS|′1′) &id=12345″ttl=″30h″ dca=″esi″ maxwait=″3000″ onerror=″continue″ /> <esi:vars>$(EDGE_PRE|′ ′) $ (EDGE_CSS|′ ′) $ (EDGE_HTML|′ ′) $ (EDGE_JS|′′) $(EDGE_POST|′ ′)</esi:vars>

Below is a parent fragment that will build from the static assetbasepage response. Script assets and asset references, style assetreferences, and other HTML have been identified and placed into thecorrect instruction variable assignments. The esi:text tag defers theexecution of the esi:assign instruction to the parent context. Theesi:include stitches in the component that returns static assetreferences on this page.

TABLE 10 <esi:text><esi:assign name=″EDGE_PRE″ value=″$(EDGE_PRE) +′′′</esi:text><! DOCTYPE HTML><!-- PRE-HEAD COMMENT --><html lang=″en-US″><head><title>Webpage: Optimized</title><linkhref=″css/inHeadTag.css″ /></head><esi:text>′′′′′ /></esi:text><esi:text><esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) +′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″IN HEADTAG″);</script><esi:text>′′′′′ /></esi:text> <esi:text><esi:assignname=″EDGE_PRE″ value=″$(EDGE_PRE) + ′′′</esi:text><body><esi:text>′′′′′/></esi:text> <esi:text><esi:assign name=″EDGE_POST″value=″$(EDGE_POST) + ″′</esi:text></body><!-- POST BODY COMMENT-- ><esi:text>′′′′′ /></esi:text> <esi:text><esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″AT TOP OFBODY″);</script><esi:text>′′′′′ /></esi:text> <esi:text><esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=″css/topOfBody.css″ /><esi:text>′′′′′ /></esi:text><esi:text><esi:assign name=″EDGE_HTML″ value=″$(EDGE_HTML) +′′′</esi:text><div>Bears</div><esi:text>′′′′′ /></esi:text><esi:text><esi:assignname=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) +′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFBODY″);</script><esi:text>′′′′′ /></esi:text> <esi:text><esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=css/bottomOfBody.css /><esi:text>′′′′′ /> </esi:text><esi:includesrc=″ /edge/organize/child?id=67890″ dca=″esi″onerror=″continue″ttl=″12h″ />

Below is a child fragment that is built from the component that returnsstatic asset references. The script assets and asset references, styleasset references, and other HTML have been detected and placed into thecorrect instruction variable assignments. The ESI:include stitches inthe static asset embedded component into this static asset component.

TABLE 11 <esi:text><esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) +′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″AT TOP OFCHILD″);</script><esi:text>′′′′′ /></esi:text> <esi:text><esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=″css/topOfChild.css″ /><esi:text>′′′′′ /></esi:text><esi:text><esi:assign name=″EDGE_HTML″ value=″$(EDGE_HTML) +′′′</esi:text><div>Beets</div><esi:text>′′′′′ /></esi:text> <esi:includesrc=″ /edge/organize/leaf?id=67890″ dca=″esi″ onerror=″continue″ttl=″12h″ /> <esi:text><esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) +′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFCHILD″);</script><esi:text′′′′′ /></esi:text> <esi:text><esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=css/bottomOfChild.css /><esi:text>′′′′′ /></esi:text>

Below is a leaf fragment that is built from the component that returnsstatic asset references. The script assets and asset references, styleasset references, and other HTML have been detected and placed into thecorrect instruction variable assignments.

TABLE 12 <esi:text><esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) +′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″AT TOP OFLEAF″);</script><esi:text>′′′″/></esi:text> <esi:text><esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=″css/topOfLeaf.css″/><esi:text>′′′″/></esi:text><esi:text><esi:assign name=″EDGE_HTML″ value=″$(EDGE_HTML) +′′′</esi:text><div>Battlestar Galactica</div><esi:text>′′′″/></esi:text><esi:text><esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) +′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFLEAF″);</script><esi:text>′′′″/></esi:text> <esi:text><esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=css/bottomOfLeaf.css /><esi:text>′′′″/></esi:text>

Below is the root fragment example from above after execution ofesi:eval. The aggregate response of all instruction assignments containsall the script assets and asset references, style asset references, andHTML from the entire page (e.g., all components).

TABLE 13 <esi:assign name=″EDGE_PRE″ value=″′′″/> <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_HTML″ value=″′′″/><esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″′′″/> <esi:assignname=″EDGE_POST″value=″′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_PRE″value=″$(EDGE_PRE) + ′′′<!DOCTYPE HTML> <!-- PRE-HEAD COMMENT --><htmllang=″en-US″><head><title>Webpage: Optimized</title><linkhref=″css/inHeadTag.css″/></head>′′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′<script>console.log(″IN HEADTAG″);</script>′′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_PRE″ value=″$(EDGE_PRE) +′′′<body>′′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_POST″ value=″$(EDGE_POST) +′′′</body> <!—POST BODY COMMENT -->′′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′<script>console.log(″AT TOP OFBODY″);</script>′′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) +′′′<link href=″css/topOfBody.css″/>″′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_HTML″value=″$(EDGE_HTML) + ″′<div>Bears</div>′′′″/> <esi:assignname=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ″′<script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFBODY″);</script>″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) +′′′<link href=css/bottomOfBody.css />′′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′<script>console.log(″AT TOP OFCHILD″);</script>′′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) +′′′<link href=″css/topOfChild.css″/>′′′″/> <esi:ssign name=″EDGE_HTML″value=″$(EDGE_HTML) + <div>Beets</div>′′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′<script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFBODY″);</script>′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) +′′′<link href=css/bottomOfLeaf.css″/>′′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_HTML″value=″$(EDGE_HTMS) + ′′′<div>Battlestar Galactica</div>′′′″/><esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) +′′′<script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF LEAF″);</script>″′″/> <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′<link href=css/bottomOfLeaf.css/>′′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) +′′′<script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF CHILD″);</script>′′′″/> <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′<link href=css/bottomOfChild.css/>′′′″/> <esi:vars>$(EDGE_PRE|′ ′) $ (EDGE_CSS|′ ′) $ (EDGE_HTML|′ ′) $(EDGE_JS|′ ′) $ (EDGE_POST|′ ′)</esi:vars>Static Asset Deduplication with Placement Optimization

In order to maintain cache-ability and performance of the page and pagefragments at the edge, the placement of static asset references may bemoved to the top and bottom of the HTML markup as appropriate and thestatic asset references may be deduplicated. Placement optimization anddeduplication may be performed at the edge using ESI directives andlogic. HTML responses from components may be parsed and the JS, CSS, andHTML components may be organized into their own ESI variables. The ESIlogic that that is executed at the edge may execute at the end of theprocess to read from these variables and place the CSS and JS in theiroptimal locations relative to the rest of the HTML. It should be notedthat maintaining order of the CSS and JS is critical and the techniquesdescribed herein provide an effective and efficient solutions forensuring that component execution is optimized. One additional “master”ESI map variable may track asset references for deduplication purposes.

An example of a parent page fragment that has been wrapped in ESIinstructions for follows:

TABLE 14 <!DOCTYPE HTML> <!-- PRE-HEAD COMMENT --> <html lang=″en-US″><head>   <title>Web Page: Optimized</title>  <script>console.log(″INHEAD TAG″);</script>  <link href=″css/inHeadTag.css″/> </head> <body>  <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF BODY″);</script>   <linkhref=″css/topOfBody.css″/>   <div>Bears</div>   <script>console.log(″ATBOTTOM OF BODY″);</script>   <link href=css/bottomOfBody.css/>  <esi:includesrc=″/edge/organize/child?id=12345&optimizeStaticAssets=true″ dca=″esi″onerror=″continue″ setheader=″referer:$html_encode($(PUBLIC_REQUEST_URL|′ ′))″ ttl=″12h″/>   <esi:includesrc=″/edge/organize/child?id=12345&optimizeStaticAssets=true″ dca=″esi″onerror=″continue″ setheader=″referer:$html_encode($PUBLIC_REQUEST_URL|′ ′))″ ttl=″12h″/> </body> <!-- POSTBODY COMMENT -->

In this example, suppose that the two components on this page areactually the “same component” but these are rendering for differentproducts. For example, the first reference has a parameter ID of 67890and the second reference has a parameter ID of 12345.

An example of a first child fragment for ID 67890 with rendered outputof a static asset after the edge cache server using the set of assetplacement instructions has resolved the embedded static asset and placeanother instruction to callback for the static asset follows:

TABLE 15 <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF 67890 CHILD″);</script> <linkhref=″css/topOfChild.css″/> <div>Beets ID 67890</div> <esi:includesrc=″/edge/organize/leaf?id=67890&optimizeStaticAssets=true″ dca=″esi″onerror=″continue″ ttl=″12h″/> <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFCHILD″);</script> <link href=css/bottomOfChild.css/>

An example of a second child fragment for ID 12345 with rendered outputof a static asset after the edge cache server using the set of assetplacement instructions has resolved the embedded static asset and placeanother instruction to callback for the static asset follows:

TABLE 16 <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF 12345 CHILD″);</script> <linkhref=″css/topOfChild.css″/> <div>Beets ID 12345</div> <esi:includesrc=″/edge/organize/leaf?id=12345&optimizeStaticAssets=true″ dca=″esi″onerror=″continue″ ttl=″12h″/> <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF CHILD″);</script> <link href=css/bottomOfChild.css/>

An example of a first leaf fragment for ID 67890 that is rendered outputof an embedded static asset follows:

TABLE 17 <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF LEAF″) ;>/script><linkhref=″css/topOfLeaf.css″/><div>Battlestar Galactic67890</div><script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF LEAF″) ;</script><linkhref=css/bottomOfLeaf.css />

An example of a second leaf fragment for ID 12345 that is renderedoutput of an embedded static asset follows:

TABLE 18 <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF LEAF″) ;/<script><linkhref=″css/topOfLeaf.css″/><div>Battlestar Galactica12345</div><script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF LEAF″) ;</script><linkhref=css/bottomOfLeaf.css />

An example of an unoptimnized response to a webpage request:

TABLE 19 <!DOCTYPE HTML> <!-- PRE-HEAD COMMENT --> <html lang=″en-US″><head>   <title>Webpage: Unoptimized</title>  <script>console.log(″INHEAD TAG″) ;</script>  <link href=″css/inHeadTag.css″/> </head> <body>  <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF BODY″);</script>   <linkhref=″css/topOfBody.css″/>   <div>Bears</div>   <script>console.log(″ATBOTTOM OF BODY″);</script>   <link href=css/bottomOfBody.css/>  <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF 67890 CHILD″);</script>   <linkhref=″css/topOfChild.css″/>   <div>Beets 67890</div>  <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF LEAF″);</script>   <linkhref=″css/topOfLeaf.css″/>   <div>Battlestar Galactica 67890</div>  <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF LEAF″);   </script><linkhref=css/bottomOfLeaf.css />   <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFCHILD″);</script>   <link href=css/bottomOfChild.css/>  <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF 12345 CHILD″);</script>   <linkhref=″css/topOfChild.css″/>   <div>Beets 12345</div>  <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF LEAF″);</script>   <linkhref=″css/topOfLeaf.css″/>   <div>Battlestar Galactica 12345</div>  <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF LEAF″);   </script><linkhref=css/bottomOfLeaf.css />   <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFCHILD″);</script>   <link href=css/bottomOfChild.css/> </body> <!-- POSTBODY COMMENT -->

An example of an optimized response to a webpage request:

TABLE 20 <!DOCTYPE HTML> <!-- PRE-HEAD COMMENT --> <html lang=″en-US″><head>  <title>Webpage: Optimized</title>  <linkhref=″css/inHeadTag.css″/> </head> <body>  <linkhref=″css/topOfBody.css″/  <link href=css/bottomOfBody.css />  <linkhref=″css/topOfChild.css″/>  <link href=″css/topOfLeaf.css″/>  <linkhref=css/bottomOfLeaf.css />  <link href=css/bottomOfChild.css /> <div>Bears</div>  <div>Beets 67890</div>  <div>Battlestar Galactica67890</div>  <div>Beets 12345</div>  <div>Battlestar Galactica12345</div>  <script>console.log(″IN HEAD TAG″);</script> <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF BODY″);</script> <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF BODY″);</script> <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF 67890 CHILD″);</script> <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF 12345 CHILD″);</script> <script>console.log(″AT TOP OF LEAF″);</script> <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF LEAF″);</script> <script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OF CHILD″);</script> </body> <!-- POSTBODY COMMENT -->

Below is an example of ESI instructions that may be returned to the edgeto execute as part of a “public URL” response. Variables are definedthat are initially empty that will get gradually filled in with the JS,CSS, and HTML markup as the edge processes the entire session (requestfrom the browser to response to the browser). The EDGE_PRE variable isfor everything prior to and including the <body> tag. EDGE_POST is forthe </body> tag and everything following. An ASSETS map ESI variable maybe included to track assets for deduplication. Then, the values of thesevariables may be placed in the correct (e.g., optimized) order. Thebasepage may be stitched with an esi:eval rather than esi:include inorder to ensure the variables are completely populated before beingread. Note that there is no rendered content in this fragment, so it maybe cached at the edge for a very long time.

TABLE 21 <esi:assign name=″EDGE_PRE″ value=″′′″/> <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_HTML″ value=″′′″/><esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″′′″/> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_POST″value=″′′″/> <esi:assign name=″ASSETS″ value=″{ }″ /> <esi:evalsrc=″/edge/organize/basepage?deviceClass=$(CBA_DEVICE_CLASS|′l′)&id=12345″ttl=″30h″ dca=″esi″ maxwait=″3000″ onerror=″continue″ /> <esi:vars>$(EDGE_PRE|′ ′)$ (EDGE_CSS|′ ′)$ (EDGE_HTML|′ ′)$ (EDGE_JS|′ ′)$(EDGE_POST|′ ′)</esi:vars>

Below is a parent fragment that will build from the static assetbasepage response. The script assets and asset references, style assetreferences, and other HTML are identified and placed these into thecorrect instruction variable assignments. The esi:text tag defers theexecution of the esi:assign instruction to the parent context. Theesi:include stitches in the static asset component on this page.

TABLE 22 <esi:text><esi:assign name=″EDGE_PRE″ value=″$(EDGE_PRE) +′′′</esi:text><!DOCTYPE HTML><!-- PRE-HEAD COMMENT --><htmllang=″en-US″><head><title>Webpage: Optimized</title><linkhref=″css/inHeadTag.css″/></head><esi:text>″′′″/></esi:text> <esi:text> <esi:choose>   <esi:when test=″(ASSETS{′383690554′}) != ′true′″>   <esi:assign name=″ASSETS{′38369055′}″ value=″′true′″ />   <esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$ (EDGE_JS) +′′′</esi:text><script>consolelog(″IN HEAD TAG″) ;<script><esi:text>″/>  </esi:when>  </esi:choose> </esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>  <esi:when test=″$(ASSETS{′7483689745′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′7483689745′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_PRE″ value=″$(EDGE_PRE) +′′′</esi:text><body><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′687234576′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′687234576′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_POST″ value=″$(EDGE_POST) + ′′′</esi:text></body><!-- POSTBODY COMMENT --><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose> <esi:text><esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:when test=″$(ASSETS{′873659234′}) !=′true′″>    <esi:assign name=″ASSETS{′873659234′}″ value=″′true′″ />   <esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) +′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″AT TOP OFBODY″);</script><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′2965873453′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′2965873453′}″ value=″′true′″/>    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=″css/topOFBody.css″/><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′876234506′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′876234506′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_HTML″ value=″$(EDGE_HTML) +′′′</esi:text><div>Bears</div><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when> </esi:choose> </esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′268934534′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′268934534′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″ATBOTTOM OF BODY″) ;</script><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′582398765′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′582398765′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=css/bottomOfBody.css /><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when> </esi:choose> </esi:text> <esi:includesrc=″/edge/organize/child?id=67890″ dca=″esi″ onerror=″continue″ttl=″12h″/> <esi:include src=″/edge/organize/child?id=12345″ dca=″esi″onerror=″continue″ ttl=″12h″/>

Below is a first child fragment that is built from the component thatreturns static asset references for ID 67890. The script assets andasset references, style asset references, and other HTML are identifiedand placed these into the correct instruction variable assignments. TheESI:include stitches in the embedded component that returns static assetreferences into this static asset component.

TABLE 23 <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′18765234987′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′18765234987′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″ATTOP OF 67890 CHILD″) ;</script><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when> </esi:choose> </esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′28765289734′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′28765289734′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=″css/topOfChild.css″/><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′37628765234′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′37628765234′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_HTML″ value=″$(EDGE_HTML) +′′′</esi:text><div>Beets</div><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when> </esi:choose> </esi:text> <esi:includesrc=″/edge/organize/leaf?id=67890″ dca=″esi″ onerror=″continue″ttl=″12h″/> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′4876234578′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′4876234578′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″ATBOTTOM OF CHILD″);</script><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′5923786343′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′5923786343′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=css/bottomOfChild.css /><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when> </esi:choose> </esi:text>

Below is a second child fragment that is built from the component thatreturns static asset references for ID 12345. Again, the script assetsand asset references, style asset references, and other HTML areidentified and placed these into the correct instruction variableassignments. The ESI:include stitches in the embedded component thatreturns static asset references into this static asset component.

TABLE 24 <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′17592397864′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′17592397864′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″ATTOP OF 12345 CHILD″);</script><esi:text>′″/>   </esi:when> </esi:choose> </esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′28765289734′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′28765289734′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=″css/topOfChild.css″/><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′37628765234′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′37628765234′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_HTML″ value=″$(EDGE_HTML) +′′′</esi:text><div>Beets</div><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when> </esi:choose> </esi:text> <esi:includesrc=″/edge/organize/leaf?id=12345″ dca=″esi″ onerror=″continue″ttl=″12h″/> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′4876234578′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′4876234578′}″ value=″′true′″ /> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFCHILD″);</script><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′5923786343′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′5923786343′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=css/bottomOfChild.css /><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when> </esi:choose> <esi:text>

Below is a first leaf fragment that is built from the static assetembedded component response for ID 67890. The script assets and assetreferences, style asset references, and other HTML are detected andplaced these into the correct instruction variable assignments.

TABLE 25 <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′1897658473′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′1897658473′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″ATTOP OF LEAF″);</script><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′2879652834′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′2879652834′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=″css/topOfLeaf.css″/><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′3782345987′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′3782345987′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_HTML″ value=″$(EDGE_HTML) + ′′′</esi:text><div>BattlestarGalactica 67890</div><esi:test>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′4987263454′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′4987263454′}″ value=″′true′″ /> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFLEAF″);</script><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′59234567234′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′59234567234′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=css/bottomOfLeft.css /><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when> </esi:choose> </esi:text>

Below is a second leaf fragment that is built from the static assetembedded component response for ID 12345. The script assets and assetreferences, style asset references, and other HTML are detected andplaced these into the correct instruction variable assignments.

TABLE 26 <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′1897658473′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′1897658473′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″ATTOP OF LEAF″);</script><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′2879652834′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′2879652834′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=″css/topOfLeaf.css″/><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′3187236489764′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′3187236489764′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_HTML″ value=″$(EDGE_HTML) + ′′′</esi:text><div>BattlestarGalactica 12345</div><esi:test>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′4987263454′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′4987263454′}″ value=″′true′″ /> <esi:assign name=″EDGE_JS″ value=″$(EDGE_JS) + ′′′</esi:text><script>console.log(″AT BOTTOM OFLEAF″);</script><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when>  </esi:choose></esi:text> <esi:text>  <esi:choose>   <esi:whentest=″$(ASSETS{′59234567234′}) != ′true′″>    <esi:assignname=″ASSETS{′59234567234′}″ value=″′true′″ />    <esi:assignname=″EDGE_CSS″ value=″$(EDGE_CSS) + ′′′</esi:text><linkhref=css/bottomOfLeft.css /><esi:text>′′′″/>   </esi:when> </esi:choose> </esi:text>

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an example of an environment 100 and asystem 125 for edge cache static asset optimization, according to anembodiment. The environment 100 may include a client device 105requesting a webpage to be delivered from content delivery networkserver(s) 110, a static asset optimization server 115, managed contentserver 120.

The static asset optimization server 115 may include a system 125. In anexample, the system 125 may be a static asset optimizer. The system 125may include a variety of components including a content delivery networkconnector 130, an optimization instruction generator 135, a static assetmapping engine 140, a de-duplicator 145, a code analyzer 150, and a codere-sequencer 155.

The content delivery network connector 130 may provide a connectionbetween the static asset optimization server 115 and the contentdelivery network (CDN) server(s) 110. The CDN servers 110 may include aweb server. CDN caching server, and any number of servers to fulfillwebpage requests from the client device 105. The content deliverynetwork connector 130 may be used to transmit instructions to thecontent delivery network server(s) 110 for processing webpage requestsfrom the content delivery network and webpage caching requests to theedge. As used herein an edge cache is a cache of web content itemslocated near a requestor. For example, the edge cache may reduce thenumber of network hops between a webpage requestor and the content. Forexample, edge-side server include (ESI) commands may be included in theinstructions transmitted to the content delivery network server(s) 110that instruct the content delivery network server(s) 110 to deduplicatestatic assets of a webpage and to re-sequence code contained in awebpage delivered from the edge.

The optimization instruction generator 135 may generate instructionsthat are configured to be executed by the content delivery networkserver(s) 110. A set of tracking instructions may be generated forexecution at an edge cache network of the content delivery network. Inan example, the instructions may be imbedded in a webpage component tobe cached in the edge cache. For example, the instructions may beincluded in a webpage or may encapsulate a static asset call in awebpage cached in the edge cache. In an example, the set of trackinginstructions may be generated as a set of edge-side include (ESI)instructions.

The code analyzer 150 may evaluate webpage content to identify codefragments, static assets, static asset references, etc. The codeanalyzer 150 may identify a static asset that is included in a webpagedelivery session. In an example, the static asset may be identified byan asset identifier included in the edge cache. In an example, the assetidentifier may be a hash for the static asset cached in the edge cache.In an example, the webpage delivery session is a current webpagedelivery session. In an example, the webpage delivery session is a firstsession of a plurality of webpage delivery sessions.

The code analyzer 150 may determine a type for the static asset orstatic asset reference. For example, the static asset may be determinedto be CSS. JAVASCRIPT®, HTML, etc. The code re-sequencer 155 may groupthe static asset with a set of other static assets based on the type.For example, CSS static assets may be grouped together. The groupedstatic assets may be placed together when processing the webpage toincrease efficiency in page rendering. In an example, the code analyzer150 may use multiple buffers to maintain an order of static assets,static asset references, and HTML. In another example, the optimizationinstruction generator 135 may generate ESI code to use multiple buffersfor maintaining static asset order.

Deduplication may be completed during placement optimization to furtherincrease the efficiency of page rendering operations. In an example, thestatic asset mapping engine 140 may generate instructions for generatinga static asset map. In an example, the asset map contains key:valuepairs. In an example, the key may be an identifier (e.g., a hashidentifier) and the value may be the actual static asset or static assetreference that is to be rendered in the web browser. The static assetmay be added to the static asset map. In an example, the static assetmap may include Boolean values for the static assets. In an example, thestatic asset map may maintain a record of the static assets of thewebpage and output is provided to the set of references in the staticasset map. The static asset map may track static assets and duplicatesof the static asset in a requested webpage. For example, during arequest for a fragment of content, content containing instructions toload CSS or JAVASCRIPT® files may be wrapped with edge-side include(ESI) instructions that are used to check if the asset identifieralready exists in the asset tracking map. If the asset identifier doesnot exist in the tracking map, then the identifier and other staticasset information (e.g., key:value pair, etc.) is added to the map andthe asset loading instructions are allowed to remain in place. In anexample, the asset identifier may be a hash computed server-side andcached along with the instructions within an ESI fragment.

The check for whether or not the asset tracking map contains a staticasset identifier (e.g., static asset hash) may be done at the ESIfragment that is the parent of other ESI includes that may containinstructions for loading JAVASCRIPT® and CSS assets. This may be done bywrapping the ESI instructions that check the static asset map inesi:text so that ESI processing only removes the esi:text tags and leavethe remaining ESI instructions for later processing. The parent fragmentmay be set as an eval statement. The parent eval fragment mayre-evaluate any remaining ESI instructions, and in the process, checkand populate the asset tracking map in sequential order and leaving thefirst encounter of instructions loading CSS and JAVASCRIPT® in place.

The content delivery server(s) 110 may processes the webpage request byprocessing the static asset. In an example, the de-duplicator 145 maywork in conjunction with the optimization instruction generator 135 togenerate instructions for the CDN that allows the content deliveryserver(s) 110 to identify that a reference for the static asset in arequested webpage exists in the static asset map. Upon identifying theexistence of the reference, the de-duplicator 145 may ignore (e.g., notprocess, etc.) additional references with the same identifier includedin the set of references. This prevents multiple static asset processingevents resulting in a reduction in processing time for the webpageresulting in faster webpage loading time. For example, the de-duplicator145 may, in cooperation with the code analyzer 150 and the optimizationinstruction generator 135, generate instructions that allow the CDN toidentify there are ten references for a script component from fragmentsof the webpage. The ten references may be wrapped with ESI instructionsso that they may be identified at the CDN. Upon identifying that thestatic identifier exists in the static asset map, the additionalreferences to static asset with the same identifier may be ignoredduring processing of the webpage request.

The code re-sequencer 155 may process the webpage request by processingthe set of static assets or asset references. In an example, the staticasset is processed according to rules corresponding to the type. Forexample, HTML static assets may be processed before the JAVASCRIPT®static assets, etc. The set of tracking instructions may be transmittedto the content delivery server(s) 110 via the content delivery networkconnector 130.

FIG. 2 illustrates a flow diagram of an example of a process 200 forstatic asset deduplication for edge cache static asset optimization,according to an embodiment. The process 200 may provide features asdescribed in FIG. 1.

Static asset or static asset reference tracking may be initialized totrack static assets for a webpage request session (e.g., at operation205). A static asset may be generated that includes identifiers andreferences for static assets identified in the webpage request session(e.g., at operation 210). The static asset map may track the referencesfor the static asset and placement of the references within the webpagecode. A static asset or static asset reference may be identified in arequested webpage (e.g., at operation 215). The static asset may beidentified by a static asset identifier included in the website codesuch as, for example, a hash code for the static asset. In an example,the hash code may have been generated when the static asset was wrappedin ESI code and sent to the edge. It may be determined if the staticasset exists in the static asset map (e.g., at decision 220).

If the static asset does not exist in the static asset map, the staticasset is added to the static asset map (e.g., at operation 225). Thestatic asset is then tracked (e.g., at operation 230). If the staticasset exists in the static asset map, the asset continues to be tracked(e.g., at operation 230). The static assets will be identified (e.g., atoperation 215) and tracked (e.g., at operation 230) until all of thestatic assets in the webpage have been identified and mapped. The staticasset is then processed (e.g., at operation 235). The processed staticassets are then used to continue processing the webpage request (e.g.,at operation 240).

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow diagram of an example of a process 300 forstatic asset re-ordering for edge cache static asset optimization,according to an embodiment. The process 300 may provide features asdescribed in FIG. 1.

A requested webpage may be parsed to identify static assets (e.g., atoperation 305). An optimized processing order may be determined for thestatic assets (e.g., at operation 310). Code of the webpage may bereordered based on the determined optimized processing order (e.g., atoperation 315). The static assets of the reordered webpage may beprocessed in the optimized order e.g., at operation 320). The webpagerequest may then be processed using the results of processing the staticassets (e.g., at operation 325).

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a method 400 for edge cache staticasset optimization, according to an embodiment. The method 400 mayprovide features as described in FIGS. 1-3.

A webpage request may be processed by processing references included inthe webpage (e.g., at operation 405) (e.g., by the code analyzer 150 asdescribed in FIG. 1, etc.).

A set of tracking instructions may be generated for execution at an edgecache server of the content delivery system (e.g., at operation 410)(e.g., by the optimization instruction generator 135 as described inFIG. 1, etc.). In an example, the set of tracking instructions aregenerated as a set of edge-side include instructions.

The set of tracking instructions may cause an edge cache server toperform a variety of operations. A static asset may be identified thatis included in a webpage delivery session (e.g., at operation 415)(e.g., as specified by the code analyzer 150 as described in FIG. 1,etc.). In an example, the static asset or static asset references may beidentified by an asset identifier included in the edge. In an example,the asset identifier may be a hash for the static asset. In an example,the webpage delivery session may be a current webpage delivery session.In another example, the webpage delivery session may be a first sessionof a plurality of webpage delivery sessions.

A type may be determined for the static asset (e.g., at operation 420)(e.g., by the code analyzer 150 as described in FIG. 1, etc.). Thestatic asset may be grouped with a set of other static assets based onthe type (e.g., at operation 425) (e.g., by the code re-sequencer 155 asdescribed in FIG. 1, etc.).

The set of tracking instructions may be transmitted to the CDN (e.g. atoperation 430) (e.g., by the content delivery network connector 130 asdescribed in FIG. 1, etc.).

In an example, a static asset map may be generated (e.g., as specifiedby the static asset mapping engine 140 as described in FIG. 1, etc.).The static asset map may track assets or asset references withinrequested webpages. The static asset may be added to the static assetmap (e.g., as specified by the static asset mapping engine 140 asdescribed in FIG. 1, etc.). In an example, the static asset map mayinclude a hash of the static asset or static asset reference and aBoolean value. In an example, a set of references may be identified forthe static asset in a requested webpage (e.g., as specified by the codeanalyzer 150 as described in FIG. 1, etc.).

In an example, a set of static asset placement instructions may begenerated for execution at the edge (e.g., by the optimizationinstruction generator 135 as described in FIG. 1, etc.). In an example,the set of static asset placement instructions may cause the edge cacheserver to perform a variety of operations. Webpage code may be parsed toidentify a set of code feature types (e.g., as specified by the codeanalyzer 150 as described in FIG. 1, etc.). In an example, the set ofcode feature types may include a first code feature type, a second codefeature type, and a third code feature type. In an example, the firstcode feature type is JAVASCRIPT® code, the second code feature type iscascading style sheet (CSS) code, and the third code feature type ishypertext markup language (HTML) code.

A processing order may be determined for the set of code feature types(e.g., as specified by the code re-sequencer 155 as described in FIG. 1,etc.). The webpage code may be reorganized based on the processing order(e.g., as specified by the code re-sequencer 155 as described in FIG. 1,etc.). The code feature types may be processed in an order of there-organized webpage code (e.g., as re-organized by the de-duplicator145 as described in FIG. 1, etc.). The set of static asset placementinstructions may be transmitted to the CDN (e.g., by the contentdelivery network connector 130 as described in FIG. 1, etc.).

FIG. 5 illustrates a block diagram of an example machine 500 upon whichany one or more of the techniques (e.g., methodologies) discussed hereinmay be performed. In alternative embodiments, the machine 500 mayoperate as a standalone device or may be connected (e.g., networked) toother machines. In a networked deployment, the machine 500 may operatein the capacity of a server machine, a client machine, or both inserver-client network environments. In an example, the machine 500 mayact as a peer machine in peer-to-peer (P2P) (or other distributed)network environment. The machine 500 may be a personal computer (PC), atablet PC, a set-top box (STB), a personal digital assistant (PDA), amobile telephone, a web appliance, a network router, switch or bridge,or any machine capable of executing instructions (sequential orotherwise) that specify actions to be taken by that machine. Further,while only a single machine is illustrated, the term “machine” shallalso be taken to include any collection of machines that individually orjointly execute a set (or multiple sets) of instructions to perform anyone or more of the methodologies discussed herein, such as cloudcomputing, software as a service (SaaS), other computer clusterconfigurations.

Examples, as described herein, may include, or may operate by, logic ora number of components, or mechanisms. Circuit sets are a collection ofcircuits implemented in tangible entities that include hardware (e.g.,simple circuits, gates, logic, etc.). Circuit set membership may beflexible over time and underlying hardware variability. Circuit setsinclude members that may, alone or in combination, perform specifiedoperations when operating. In an example, hardware of the circuit setmay be immutably designed to carry out a specific operation (e.g.,hardwired). In an example, the hardware of the circuit set may includevariably connected physical components (e.g., execution units,transistors, simple circuits, etc.) including a computer readable mediumphysically modified (e.g., magnetically, electrically, moveableplacement of invariant massed particles, etc.) to encode instructions ofthe specific operation. In connecting the physical components, theunderlying electrical properties of a hardware constituent are changed,for example, from an insulator to a conductor or vice versa. Theinstructions enable embedded hardware (e.g., the execution units or aloading mechanism) to create members of the circuit set in hardware viathe variable connections to carry out portions of the specific operationwhen in operation. Accordingly, the computer readable medium iscommunicatively coupled to the other components of the circuit setmember when the device is operating. In an example, any of the physicalcomponents may be used in more than one member of more than one circuitset. For example, under operation, execution units may be used in afirst circuit of a first circuit set at one point in time and reused bya second circuit in the first circuit set, or by a third circuit in asecond circuit set at a different time.

Machine (e.g., computer system) 500 may include a hardware processor 502(e.g., a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit(GPU), a hardware processor core, or any combination thereof), a mainmemory 504 and a static memory 506, some or all of which may communicatewith each other via an interlink (e.g., bus) 508. The machine 500 mayfurther include a display unit 510, an alphanumeric input device 512(e.g., a keyboard), and a user interface (UI) navigation device 514(e.g., a mouse). In an example, the display unit 510, input device 512and UI navigation device 514 may be a touch screen display. The machine500 may additionally include a storage device (e.g., drive unit) 516, asignal generation device 518 (e.g., a speaker), a network interfacedevice 520, and one or more sensors 521, such as a global positioningsystem (GPS) sensor, compass, accelerometer, or other sensors. Themachine 500 may include an output controller 528, such as a serial(e.g., universal serial bus (USB), parallel, or other wired or wireless(e.g., infrared (IR), near field communication (NFC), etc.) connectionto communicate or control one or more peripheral devices (e.g., aprinter, card reader, etc.).

The storage device 516 may include a machine readable medium 522 onwhich is stored one or more sets of data structures or instructions 524(e.g., software) embodying or utilized by any one or more of thetechniques or functions described herein. The instructions 524 may alsoreside, completely or at least partially, within the main memory 504,within static memory 506, or within the hardware processor 502 duringexecution thereof by the machine 500. In an example, one or anycombination of the hardware processor 502, the main memory 504, thestatic memory 506, or the storage device 516 may constitute machinereadable media.

While the machine readable medium 522 is illustrated as a single medium,the term “machine readable medium” may include a single medium ormultiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, and/orassociated caches and servers) configured to store the one or moreinstructions 524.

The term “machine readable medium” may include any medium that iscapable of storing, encoding, or carrying instructions for execution bythe machine 500 and that cause the machine 500 to perform any one ormore of the techniques of the present disclosure, or that is capable ofstoring, encoding or carrying data structures used by or associated withsuch instructions. Non-limiting machine-readable medium examples mayinclude solid-state memories, and optical and magnetic media. In anexample, machine readable media may exclude transitory propagatingsignals (e.g., non-transitory machine-readable storage media). Specificexamples of non-transitory machine-readable storage media may include:non-volatile memory, such as semiconductor memory devices (e.g.,Electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), ElectricallyErasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM)) and flash memorydevices; magnetic disks, such as internal hard disks and removabledisks; magneto-optical disks; and CD-ROM and DVD-ROM disks.

The instructions 524 may further be transmitted or received over acommunications network 526 using a transmission medium via the networkinterface device 520 utilizing any one of a number of transfer protocols(e.g., frame relay, internet protocol (IP), transmission controlprotocol (TCP), user datagram protocol (UDP), hypertext transferprotocol (HTTP), etc.). Example communication networks may include alocal area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a packet datanetwork (e.g., the Internet), mobile telephone networks (e.g., cellularnetworks), Plain Old Telephone (POTS) networks, and wireless datanetworks (e.g., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)802.11 family of standards known as Wi-Fi®, etc.). IEEE 802.15.4 familyof standards, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, 3^(rd) Generation PartnershipProject (3GPP) standards for 4G and 5G wireless communication including:3GPP Long-Term evolution (LTE) family of standards, 3GPP LTE Advancedfamily of standards, 3GPP LTE Advanced Pro family of standards, 3GPP NewRadio (NR) family of standards, among others. In an example, the networkinterface device 520 may include one or more physical jacks (e.g.,Ethernet, coaxial, or phone jacks) or one or more antennas to connect tothe communications network 526. In an example, the network interfacedevice 520 may include a plurality of antennas to wirelessly communicateusing at least one of single-input multiple-output (SIMO),multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), or multiple-input single-output(MISO) techniques. The term “transmission medium” shall be taken toinclude any intangible medium that is capable of storing, encoding orcarrying instructions for execution by the machine 500, and includesdigital or analog communications signals or other intangible medium tofacilitate communication of such software.

Additional Notes and Examples

Example 1 is a system for static asset management in a content deliverysystem, the system comprising: at least one processor; and memoryincluding instructions that, when executed by the at least oneprocessor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations to:process a request for a webpage including asset references; identify astatic asset or asset reference included in a webpage delivery session;determine a type for the static asset or asset reference; generate a setof tracking instructions for execution at an edge server of the contentdelivery system, the set of tracking instructions causing the edgeserver to: process a request for the webpage by processing the staticasset or asset reference, wherein the static asset or asset reference isprocessed according to rules corresponding to the type; and transmit theset of tracking instructions to the edge server for storage in an edgecache of the edge network.

In Example 2, the subject matter of Example 1 includes, instructionsthat cause the at least one processor to: generate a static asset map,the static asset map tracking static assets or asset references withinrequested webpages; and add an asset identifier of the static asset orasset reference to the static asset map, wherein the set of trackinginstructions include instructions to identify a set of references forthe static asset or asset reference in a requested webpage, wherein anoutput to the set of references is generated when the webpage request isprocessed.

In Example 3, the subject matter of Examples 1-2 includes, wherein theset of tracking instructions are generated as a set of edge-side includeinstructions.

In Example 4, the subject matter of Examples 1-3 includes, wherein thestatic asset or asset reference is identified by an asset identifierincluded in an edge variable.

In Example 5, the subject matter of Example 4 includes, wherein theasset identifier is a hash for the static asset or asset reference.

In Example 6, the subject matter of Examples 1-5 includes, wherein thewebpage request is processed in response to a request received in thewebsite delivery session.

In Example 7, the subject matter of Example 6 includes, wherein thewebpage delivery session is a current webpage delivery session.

In Example 8, the subject matter of Examples 6-7 includes, wherein thewebpage delivery session is a first session of a plurality of webpagedelivery sessions.

In Example 9, the subject matter of Examples 1-8 includes, instructionsthat cause the at least one processor to: group the static asset orasset reference with a set of other static assets or asset referencesbased on the type; parse webpage code to identify a set of code featuretypes, the set of code feature types including a first code featuretype, a second code feature type, and a third code feature type;determine a processing order for the set of code feature types; generatea set of static asset placement instructions for execution at the edgeserver, the set of static asset placement instructions causing the edgeserver to: reorganize the webpage code based on the processing order;and process code feature types of the set of code feature types in anorder of the reorganized webpage code; and transmit the set of staticasset placement instructions to the edge server of the content deliverysystem.

In Example 10, the subject matter of Example 9 includes, wherein the setof static asset placement instructions are generated as a set ofedge-side include instructions.

In Example 11, the subject matter of Examples 9-10 includes, wherein thefirst code feature type is JavaScript code, the second code feature typeis cascading style sheet code, and the third code feature type ishypertext markup language code.

In Example 12, the subject matter of Examples 9-11 includes, wherein thedetermination of the processing order includes processing the secondcode feature type first, the first code feature type last, and the thirdcode feature type after the second code feature type and before thefirst code feature type.

Example 13 is at least one non-transitory machine-readable mediumincluding instructions for static asset management in a content deliverysystem that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at leastone processor to perform operations to: process a request for a webpageincluding asset references; identify a static asset or asset referenceincluded in a webpage delivery session; determine a type for the staticasset or asset reference; generate a set of tracking instructions forexecution at an edge server of the content delivery system, the set oftracking instructions causing the edge server to: process a request forthe webpage by processing the static asset or asset reference, whereinthe static asset or asset reference is processed according to rulescorresponding to the type; and transmit the set of tracking instructionsto the edge server for storage in an edge cache of the edge network.

In Example 14, the subject matter of Example 13 includes, instructionsthat cause the at least one processor to: generate a static asset map,the static asset map tracking static assets or asset references withinrequested webpages; and add an asset identifier of the static asset orasset reference to the static asset map, wherein the set of trackinginstructions include instructions to identify a set of references forthe static asset or asset reference in a requested webpage, wherein anoutput to the set of references is generated when the webpage request isprocessed.

In Example 15, the subject matter of Examples 13-14 includes, whereinthe set of tracking instructions are generated as a set of edge-sideinclude instructions.

In Example 16, the subject matter of Examples 13-15 includes, whereinthe static asset or asset reference is identified by an asset identifierincluded in an edge variable.

In Example 17, the subject matter of Example 16 includes, wherein theasset identifier is a hash for the static asset or asset reference.

In Example 18, the subject matter of Examples 13-17 includes, whereinthe webpage request is processed in response to a request received inthe website delivery session.

In Example 19, the subject matter of Example 18 includes, wherein thewebpage delivery session is a current webpage delivery session.

In Example 20, the subject matter of Examples 18-19 includes, whereinthe webpage delivery session is a first session of a plurality ofwebpage delivery sessions.

In Example 21, the subject matter of Examples 13-20 includes,instructions that cause the at least one processor to: group the staticasset or asset reference with a set of other static assets or assetreferences based on the type; parse webpage code to identify a set ofcode feature types, the set of code feature types including a first codefeature type, a second code feature type, and a third code feature type;determine a processing order for the set of code feature types: generatea set of static asset placement instructions for execution at the edgeserver, the set of static asset placement instructions causing the edgeserver to: reorganize the webpage code based on the processing order;and process code feature types of the set of code feature types in anorder of the reorganized webpage code; and transmit the set of staticasset placement instructions to the edge server of the content deliverysystem.

In Example 22, the subject matter of Example 21 includes, wherein theset of static asset placement instructions are generated as a set ofedge-side include instructions.

In Example 23, the subject matter of Examples 21-22 includes, whereinthe first code feature type is JavaScript code, the second code featuretype is cascading style sheet code, and the third code feature type ishypertext markup language code.

In Example 24, the subject matter of Examples 21-23 includes, whereinthe determination of the processing order includes processing the secondcode feature type first, the first code feature type last, and the thirdcode feature type after the second code feature type and before thefirst code feature type.

Example 25 is a method for static asset management in a content deliverysystem, the method comprising: processing a request for a webpageincluding asset references; identifying a static asset or assetreference included in a webpage delivery session; determining a type forthe static asset or asset reference; generating a set of trackinginstructions for execution at an edge server of the content deliverysystem, the set of tracking instructions causing the edge server to:process a request for the webpage by processing the static asset orasset reference, wherein the static asset or asset reference isprocessed according to rules corresponding to the type; and transmittingthe set of tracking instructions to the edge server for storage in anedge cache of the edge network.

In Example 26, the subject matter of Example 25 includes, generating astatic asset map, the static asset map tracking static assets or assetreferences within requested webpages; and adding an asset identifier ofthe static asset or asset reference to the static asset map, wherein theset of tracking instruction includes instructions to identify a set ofreferences for the static asset or asset reference in a requestedwebpage, wherein an output to the set of references is generated whenthe webpage request is processed.

In Example 27, the subject matter of Examples 25-26 includes, whereinthe set of tracking instructions are generated as a set of edge-sideinclude instructions.

In Example 28, the subject matter of Examples 25-27 includes, whereinthe static asset or asset reference is identified by an asset identifierincluded in an edge variable.

In Example 29, the subject matter of Example 28 includes, wherein theasset identifier is a hash for the static asset or asset reference.

In Example 30, the subject matter of Examples 25-29 includes, whereinthe webpage request is processed in response to a request received inthe website delivery session.

In Example 31, the subject matter of Example 30 includes, wherein thewebpage delivery session is a current webpage delivery session.

In Example 32, the subject matter of Examples 30-31 includes, whereinthe webpage delivery session is a first session of a plurality ofwebpage delivery sessions.

In Example 33, the subject matter of Examples 25-32 includes, groupingthe static asset or asset reference with a set of other static assets orasset references based on the type; parsing webpage code to identify aset of code feature types, the set of code feature types including afirst code feature type, a second code feature type, and a third codefeature type; determining a processing order for the set of code featuretypes; generating a set of static asset placement instructions forexecution at the edge server, the set of static asset placementinstructions causing the edge server to: reorganize the webpage codebased on the processing order; and process code feature types of the setof code feature types in an order of the reorganized webpage code; andtransmitting the set of static asset placement instructions to the edgeserver of the content delivery system.

In Example 34, the subject matter of Example 33 includes, wherein theset of static asset placement instructions are generated as a set ofedge-side include instructions.

In Example 35, the subject matter of Examples 33-34 includes, whereinthe first code feature type is JavaScript code, the second code featuretype is cascading style sheet code, and the third code feature type ishypertext markup language code.

In Example 36, the subject matter of Examples 33-35 includes, whereindetermining the processing order includes processing the second codefeature type first, the first code feature type last, and the third codefeature type after the second code feature type and before the firstcode feature type.

Example 37 is at least one machine-readable medium includinginstructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, cause theprocessing circuitry to perform operations to implement of any ofExamples 1-36.

Example 38 is an apparatus comprising means to implement of any ofExamples 1-36.

Example 39 is a system to implement of any of Examples 1-36.

Example 40 is a method to implement of any of Examples 1-36.

The above detailed description includes references to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of the detailed description. The drawingsshow, by way of illustration, specific embodiments that may bepracticed. These embodiments are also referred to herein as “examples.”Such examples may include elements in addition to those shown ordescribed. However, the present inventors also contemplate examples inwhich only those elements shown or described are provided. Moreover, thepresent inventors also contemplate examples using any combination orpermutation of those elements shown or described (or one or more aspectsthereof), either with respect to a particular example (or one or moreaspects thereof), or with respect to other examples (or one or moreaspects thereof) shown or described herein.

All publications, patents, and patent documents referred to in thisdocument are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety, asthough individually incorporated by reference. In the event ofinconsistent usages between this document and those documents soincorporated by reference, the usage in the incorporated reference(s)should be considered supplementary to that of this document; forirreconcilable inconsistencies, the usage in this document controls.

In this document, the terms “a” or “an” are used, as is common in patentdocuments, to include one or more than one, independent of any otherinstances or usages of “at least one” or “one or more.” In thisdocument, the term “or” is used to refer to a nonexclusive or, such that“A or B” includes “A but not B.” “B but not A.” and “A and B.” unlessotherwise indicated. In the appended claims, the terms “including” and“in which” are used as the plain-English equivalents of the respectiveterms “comprising” and “wherein.” Also, in the following claims, theterms “including” and “comprising” are open-ended, that is, a system,device, article, or process that includes elements in addition to thoselisted after such a term in a claim are still deemed to fall within thescope of that claim. Moreover, in the following claims, the terms“first,” “second.” and “third,” etc. are used merely as labels, and arenot intended to impose numerical requirements on their objects.

The above description is intended to be illustrative, and notrestrictive. For example, the above-described examples (or one or moreaspects thereof) may be used in combination with each other. Otherembodiments may be used, such as by one of ordinary skill in the artupon reviewing the above description. The Abstract is to allow thereader to quickly ascertain the nature of the technical disclosure andis submitted with the understanding that it will not be used tointerpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. Also, in theabove Detailed Description, various features may be grouped together tostreamline the disclosure. This should not be interpreted as intendingthat an unclaimed disclosed feature is essential to any claim. Rather,inventive subject matter may lie in less than all features of aparticular disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are herebyincorporated into the Detailed Description, with each claim standing onits own as a separate embodiment. The scope of the embodiments should bedetermined with reference to the appended claims, along with the fullscope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.

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 2. A system for static asset management in a contentdelivery system, the system comprising: at least one processor; andmemory including instructions that, when executed by the at least oneprocessor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations to:process a request for a webpage that includes asset references; identifya static asset or asset reference included in a webpage deliverysession; parse code of the webpage to identify instances of the staticasset or asset reference in the webpage; obtain instructions for loadingthe instances of the static asset or asset reference; reformulate theinstructions for loading the static asset or asset reference as a singleloading instruction, the single loading instruction to be executed onceto load the static asset or asset reference for the instances of thestatic asset or asset reference; and transmit the single loadinginstruction to an edge server for storage in an edge cache of thecontent delivery system for each instance of the static asset or assetreference.
 3. The system of claim 2, further comprising instructionsthat cause the at least one processor to: parse code of the webpage toidentify a set of code feature types, the set of code feature typesincluding a first code feature type, a second code feature type, and athird code feature type; group the static asset or asset reference witha set of other static assets or asset references based on the set ofcode feature types; determine a processing order for the set of codefeature types; generate a set of tracking instructions for execution atthe edge server of the content delivery system, the set of trackinginstructions causing the edge server to process a request for thewebpage by processing the static asset or asset reference, wherein thestatic asset or asset reference is processed according to rulescorresponding to a code feature type of the set of code feature types;and transmit the set of tracking instructions to the edge server forstorage in the edge cache of the content delivery system.
 4. The systemof claim 3, wherein the determination of the processing order includesprocessing the second code feature type first, the first code featuretype last, and the third code feature type after the second code featuretype and before the first code feature type, and wherein the first codefeature type is JavaScript code, the second code feature type iscascading style sheet code, and the third code feature type is hypertextmarkup language code.
 5. The system of claim 2, further comprisinginstructions that cause the at least one processor to: generate a set ofstatic asset placement instructions for execution at the edge server,the set of static asset placement instructions causing the edge serverto: reorganize the webpage code based on the processing order; andprocess code feature types of the set of code feature types in an orderof the reorganized webpage code; and transmit the set of static assetplacement instructions to the edge server for storage in the edge cacheof the content delivery system.
 6. The system of claim 2, furthercomprising instructions that cause the at least one processor to:generate a static asset map, the static asset map tracking static assetsor asset references within requested webpages; add an asset identifierof the static asset or asset reference to the static asset map; andgenerate a set of tracking instructions that identify a set ofreferences for the static asset or asset reference in a requestedwebpage, wherein the instances of the static asset or asset referenceare identified using the set of references.
 7. The system of claim 2,wherein the single loading instruction is generated as an edge-sideinclude instruction.
 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the instances ofthe static asset or asset reference include a parent code fragment andchild code fragments of the parent code fragment and further comprisingwrapping the parent code fragment and the child code fragments with thesingle loading instruction.
 9. At least one non-transitorymachine-readable medium including instructions for static assetmanagement in a content delivery system that, when executed by at leastone processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operationsto: process a request for a webpage that includes asset references;identify a static asset or asset reference included in a webpagedelivery session; parse code of the webpage to identify instances of thestatic asset or asset reference in the webpage; obtain instructions forloading the instances of the static asset or asset reference;reformulate the instructions for loading the static asset or assetreference as a single loading instruction, the single loadinginstruction to be executed once to load the static asset or assetreference for the instances of the static asset or asset reference; andtransmit the single loading instruction to an edge server for storage inan edge cache of the content delivery system for each instance of thestatic asset or asset reference.
 10. The at least one non-transitorymachine-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising instructions thatcause the at least one processor to: parse code of the webpage toidentify a set of code feature types, the set of code feature typesincluding a first code feature type, a second code feature type, and athird code feature type; group the static asset or asset reference witha set of other static assets or asset references based on the set ofcode feature types; determine a processing order for the set of codefeature types; generate a set of tracking instructions for execution atthe edge server of the content delivery system, the set of trackinginstructions causing the edge server to process a request for thewebpage by processing the static asset or asset reference, wherein thestatic asset or asset reference is processed according to rulescorresponding to a code feature type of the set of code feature types;and transmit the set of tracking instructions to the edge server forstorage in the edge cache of the content delivery system.
 11. The atleast one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10, whereinthe determination of the processing order includes processing the secondcode feature type first, the first code feature type last, and the thirdcode feature type after the second code feature type and before thefirst code feature type, and wherein the first code feature type isJavaScript code, the second code feature type is cascading style sheetcode, and the third code feature type is hypertext markup language code.12. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10,further comprising instructions that cause the at least one processorto: generate a set of static asset placement instructions for executionat the edge server, the set of static asset placement instructionscausing the edge server to: reorganize the webpage code based on theprocessing order; and process code feature types of the set of codefeature types in an order of the reorganized webpage code; and transmitthe set of static asset placement instructions to the edge server forstorage in the edge cache of the content delivery system.
 13. The atleast one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, furthercomprising instructions that cause the at least one processor to:generate a static asset map, the static asset map tracking static assetsor asset references within requested webpages; add an asset identifierof the static asset or asset reference to the static asset map; andgenerate a set of tracking instructions that identify a set ofreferences for the static asset or asset reference in a requestedwebpage, wherein the instances of the static asset or asset referenceare identified using the set of references.
 14. The at least onenon-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the singleloading instruction is generated as an edge-side include instruction.15. The at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9,wherein the instances of the static asset or asset reference include aparent code fragment and child code fragments of the parent codefragment and further comprising wrapping the parent code fragment andthe child code fragments with the single loading instruction.
 16. Amethod for static asset management in a content delivery system, themethod comprising: processing a request for a webpage that includesasset references; identifying a static asset or asset reference includedin a webpage delivery session; parsing code of the webpage to identifyinstances of the static asset or asset reference in the webpage;obtaining instructions for loading the instances of the static asset orasset reference; reformulating the instructions for loading the staticasset or asset reference as a single loading instruction, the singleloading instruction to be executed once to load the static asset orasset reference for the instances of the static asset or assetreference; and transmitting the single loading instruction to an edgeserver for storage in an edge cache of the content delivery system foreach instance of the static asset or asset reference.
 17. The method ofclaim 16, further comprising: parsing code of the webpage to identify aset of code feature types, the set of code feature types including afirst code feature type, a second code feature type, and a third codefeature type; grouping the static asset or asset reference with a set ofother static assets or asset references based on the set of code featuretypes; determining a processing order for the set of code feature types;generating a set of tracking instructions for execution at the edgeserver of the content delivery system, the set of tracking instructionscausing the edge server to process a request for the webpage byprocessing the static asset or asset reference, wherein the static assetor asset reference is processed according to rules corresponding to acode feature type of the set of code feature types; and transmitting theset of tracking instructions to the edge server for storage in the edgecache of the content delivery system.
 18. The method of claim 17,wherein determining the processing order includes processing the secondcode feature type first, the first code feature type last, and the thirdcode feature type after the second code feature type and before thefirst code feature type, and wherein the first code feature type isJavaScript code, the second code feature type is cascading style sheetcode, and the third code feature type is hypertext markup language code.19. The method of claim 17, further comprising: generating a set ofstatic asset placement instructions for execution at the edge server,the set of static asset placement instructions causing the edge serverto: reorganizing the webpage code based on the processing order; andprocessing code feature types of the set of code feature types in anorder of the reorganized webpage code; and transmitting the set ofstatic asset placement instructions to the edge server for storage inthe edge cache of the content delivery system.
 20. The method of claim16, further comprising: generating a static asset map, the static assetmap tracking static assets or asset references within requestedwebpages; adding an asset identifier of the static asset or assetreference to the static asset map; and generating a set of trackinginstructions that identify a set of references for the static asset orasset reference in a requested webpage, wherein the instances of thestatic asset or asset reference are identified using the set ofreferences.
 21. The method of claim 16, wherein the single loadinginstruction is generated as an edge-side include instruction.
 22. Themethod of claim 16, wherein the instances of the static asset or assetreference include a parent code fragment and child code fragments of theparent code fragment and further comprising wrapping the parent codefragment and the child code fragments with the single loadinginstruction.